A mother who suffocated her family's dog with a plastic bag because she could not afford to feed it has been jailed, Tracy Barker, received an 18-week prison sentence after horrified inspectors found the emaciated body of German Shepherd Milo stuffed into a wheelie bin outside her home.A mother who suffocated her family's dog with a plastic bag because she could not afford to feed it has been jailed, Tracy Barker, received an 18-week prison sentence after horrified inspectors found the emaciated body of German Shepherd Milo stuffed into a wheelie bin outside her home.